Yumeng Xi

Yumeng Xi is a 2D animator and a graphic designer with an interest in the relation between individuals and the universe. She started her explorations on this topic in the form of moving images when studying at the Royal College of Art. Her film The Insignificant Fantasies in the Cracks of Daily Life has been screened at Boil, Royal College of Art, London (2019) and at the 5th Detroit International Festival of Animation, Detroit (2020).

Yumeng received her BA degree in Illustration and Visual Media at London College of Communication with first-class honours. Previous to this she graduated from Donghua University with a double degree in Product Design (BE) and New Media Design (BA).

Yumeng is skilled in making gifs, including making motion graphics. She uses moving image fragments as visual materials to build larger fictional worlds. Through her colourful works, she presents the contrast between the sugar-coated fantasies and the melancholy hidden behind them. The universe is indifferent. The melancholy is generated from the physical limitations of human beings, especially in front of the vastness of the cosmos. Yet the countless possibilities of our spiritual world and emotional connections give us the strength to handle secularity and let us chase eternity simultaneously.